Excerpt from Two Apologies, One for Christianity, in a Series of Letters Addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq., The Other for the Bible, in Answer to Thomas Paine: To Which Are Added Two Sermons, and a Charge, in Defence of Revealed Religion The doctrine of a fixture life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight and efficacy to that important trut is the second of the causes to which tribute the quick increase of Christianity. If we impartially consider the circumstances of the persons to whom the doctrine, not simply of a future life, but of a future life accompanied with punishments as well as rewards; not only of the immortality of the soul, but of the immor tality of the soul accompanied with that of the resurrection;was delivered I cannot be of opi nion that, abstracted from the supernatural tes timony by which it was enforced, it could have met with any very extensive reception amongst them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.